Apparatus for printing text on tapes.



M. BAUMANN. APPARATUS FOR PRINTING TEXT 0N TAPES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1913.

1,069,,3 15, PatentedAug. 5, 1913.

5] Wm nto c ENT STATES PTENT il FTQE,

MAX BAUllIANN, 0F COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, ASSIGNOR, T0 AKTIESELSKABET MAXBAUMANN, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

APPARATUS FOR PRINTING TEXT ON TAPES.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, MAX BAUMANN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apparatuses for Printing Text on Tapes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device for printing anydesired matter on flat tapes such as are usually made of fabric of somekind, and are used for tying up packages.

For advertising and other purposes it is often desirable to have bindingtape carry printed matter, and if the tape has to be printed before itis used, it is necessary to have it printed in considerable quantitiesfor economical reasons, and moreover the text cannot then be changed.

1 he object of this invention is to produce a, simple apparatus throughwhich the tape can be drawn for use, and which will automatically printthe desired matter on the tape.

A further object of the invention is to produce an apparatus which canbe set so as to automatically print in different colors, so that if forany reason it is desired to particularly emphasize a word or clause,this emphatic part can be printed in diiferent color from the body ofthe text.

()ther objects of the invention are to render the apparatus as simple,cheap and efficient possible, to provide means for readily interchangingcertain of the parts, and to construct the apparatus so that it will noteasily get out of repair.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specifi cation, in which similar reference charac ters indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus embodying my invention,with one side of the casing removed, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, part ofthe casing being out oif.

The apparatus is provided with a suitable base plate a which can befastened to a counter or other support, and this carries the roll 7) oftape which can be conveniently mounted in a bracket 5 On the base plateopposite the roll 6 is a casing or housing 0 which carries a thinprinting roller cl, this being mounted on the stud e which is securedSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 5, 1913.

Patented A11 5,1913. Serial No. 752,032

to the casing. I have not shown the type on the printing roller, as thiscan be of any approved kind. The printing roller turns opposite apressure roller f between the flanges of which the type face of theprinting roller enters, as shown, and the pres sure roller is adapted tohold the tape 9 against the printing surface of the roller (Z when thetape is drawn through the casing". The tape 9 passes through suitableapertures in the casing through guides 7L and between the printing faceof the roller (Z and the pressure roller f, so that as the tape iswithdrawn it will by reason of the pressure on it, rotate the roller (Zand cause the printed matter to be produced on the tape. The pressureroller can be urged against the roller (Z in any convenient manner, butI prefer to mount it on a tilting arm 1, which is pivoted on a stud f ofthe casing c, and one end of which is impelled by the spring f in amanner to press the roller 7 against the roller (Z.

The printing roller (Z is inked by an ordinary inking roller 70 which isarranged so that the printing part of the roller (Z fit-s between theflanges, and the roller 7a can be mounted in a convenient and resilientmanner. The preferred way, however, is to have it pivoted on a tiltingarm as 70 which is pivoted. on a stud k on the casing c, and is pressedby a spring [a so as to bring the roller is into close contact with theprinting roller (Z.

The arrangement above described provides for inking and printing in onecolor, as the tape 7 is drawn through the casing 0.

To provide for inking part of the text in a different color I use asegment m which can be arranged to carry type in any usual way, andwhich fits over a portion of the face of the roller (Z. When the roller(Z is rotated the edge of the segment m strikes the flanges of theroller is, and thus pushes the inking roller 70 out of contact with thetype on the segment m. The type on the segment m is inked in theappropriate color by an inking roller n which runs on the face of thesegment m, and this second inking roller 72 is preferably supported on atilting arm 0 which is pivoted on a stud p, and a spring 9 pulls down onthe arm 0 so as to firmly press the inking roller into contact with thetype on the segment m. A contact disk I? is pivoted opposite the rollern and in a position to contact with the raised ec go of the segment m. The disk 2; is pivoted on a bent arm a which in turn is pivoted on thestud r, and the short end of the arm 5 carries a pin a which extendsbeneath the arm or lever 0 above referred to. The pin a is connectedwith a spring c which connects also with the casing a above the arm 0,and the spring '22 is smaller than the spring 9 so that normally theroller n will be raised out of contact with the face of the roller cl.lVhen, however, the roller cl is rotated, the edge of the segment m willstrike the disk 16, thus tilting the arm 8 and pulling down the spring1), thereby releasing the arm 0 to the action of the spring 9 andpermitting the inking roller 11, to contact with the inking type on thesegment m.

it will be of course understood that the details of the manner in whichthe several rollers and parts are mounted can be changed withoutaltering the spirit of the invention, and it will. be further understoodthat numerous printing rollers cl may be used, each provided withdifferent printed matter, so that the apparatus can be readily adjustedto print any desired matter on the tape; and it will be further observedthat when arranged as specified, the printing will be automatically doneand in a plurality of colors by simply drawing the tape through theapparatus.

1 claim 1. A. portable apparatus of the kind de scribed, comprising abase plate, a tape roll pivotally supported on the base plate, a casingon the base plate, a main printing roller within the casing, a pressureroller opposite the printing roller,means for guiding tape from the taperoll through the easing and between the printing and pressure rollers,an inking roller contacting with the printing roller, a type carryingsegment straddling the face of the printing roller, and a separateinking device for the said segment.

2. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a printing roller, apressure roller or platen yieldingly supported opposite the face of theprinting roller, means for guiding a tape between the aforesaid rollers,a type carrying segment straddling the face of the printing roller, aninking roller contacting with the printing roller, :1 second inkingroller contacting with the type on the aforesaid segment, and means forthrowing the second inking roller out of contact with the main printingsurface of the printing roller.

3. An apparatus of the kind described comprising a main printing roller,a pressure roller or platen yieldingly supported opposite the printingroller, an inking roller contacting with the printing roller, a typecarrying segment on the face of the printing roller, said segment havinga raised edge, a second inking roller held normally out of contact withthe type of the printing roller, an abutment in the path of the raisededge of the type carrying segment, and means actuated by the movement ofthe abutment for throwing the second inking roller into contact with thetype of the segment.

4. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with the mainrotatable printing roller and the type carrying segment thereon having araised edge, of a spring pressed arm carrying an inking roller tocontact with the said type, a tilting arm pivotally connected with thefirst mentioned arm, a contact disk on one end of the second arm, saiddisk being arranged in the path of the edge of the aforesaid segment,and a spring connection with the on posite end of the said second armadapted to normally raise the second inking roller out of contact withthe type of said segment.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MAX BAUMANN.

WVitnesses Vrooo BLow, F. Crrmsrnnsnn.

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Washington, D. C.

